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2020 VET Student Outcomes Are In!

This year, close to one million students  who finished nationally recognised training in Australia in 2019 were asked about their satisfaction with training, employment, and further study outcomes, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected them.

The survey revealed the COVID-19 pandemic has affected VET qualification completers and part-completers’ outcomes in several ways:

• About a third have had their hours reduced
• 13% have had their hours increased
• 7% were temporarily stood down
• Of those who didn’t have a job at the end of May 2020, about 20% had a job previously that they lost because of the pandemic.

NCVER Managing Director Walker said that the results of the 2020 National Student Outcomes Survey are particularly important given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"Around 900 000 domestic VET students and 60 000 international onshore VET graduates were contacted during the survey, which was expanded this year to include students who study VET as part of their secondary schooling and those aged 15 to 17 years.", Mr Walker said. "We added extra questions to this year’s survey to understand how the pandemic has affected students’ employment and further study outcomes, which will help governments plan for recovery." 

To better reflect the training undertaken in the VET system, the survey has been segmented by training type, consistent with the Total VET students and courses publication, by:

• qualification completers - students who completed a training package qualification or an accredited qualification (previously known as graduates)
• qualification part-completers - students who enrolled in but only completed part of a training package qualification or an accredited qualification (and are no longer undertaking that training)
• short course completers - students who completed a training package skill set or an accredited course
• short course part-completers - students who enrolled in but only completed part of a training package skill set or accredited course (and are no longer under taking that training)
• subject(s) only completers - students who completed one or more subjects not delivered as part of a nationally recognised program and who are no longer undertaking training in the VET sector (figure 1).

Click here to access a full breakdown of the VET student outcomes 2020.

Date posted Jan 21, 2021